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en5 Best Free and Open-Source Bible Study Programs for Linux and Windowshttp://itswapshop.com/articles/5-best-free-and-open-source-bible-study-programs-linux-and-windows
<!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>While there are many commercial Bible study programs available, there are also several very excellent free and open-source Bible study applications. They have many of the same features as their proprietary counterparts, yet they are available for free thanks to the many great open-source programmers. Below are 5 of the best open-source Bible study applications available.</p>
<p>Click on each one for more info, screenshots, and installation instructions for Windows and Linux (Ubuntu and openSUSE).</p></div></div></div><!-- google_ad_section_end -->Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:27:43 +0000ingram285 at http://itswapshop.comBible Desktop - Open Source and Free Java Bible Study Programhttp://itswapshop.com/reviews/bible-desktop-open-source-and-free-java-bible-study-program
<!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop/" rel="nofollow">Bible Desktop</a> is an excellent cross-platform open-source Bible study application. Bible Desktop is a Java application, so it will run on nearly any operating system, including Windows, Linux and Mac. Bible Desktop uses the <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/" rel="nofollow">JSword</a> project to read modules in Sword format so there is a huge range of Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Daily Devotionals and some General Books available for download. It is currently at version 1.6. Some of Bible Desktop's most notable features are:</p></div></div></div><!-- google_ad_section_end -->Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:31:16 +0000ingram283 at http://itswapshop.comBPBible - Easy to Use Open-Source Bible Study Software - How to Install on Linux and Windowshttp://itswapshop.com/reviews/bpbible-easy-use-open-source-bible-study-software-how-install-linux-and-windows
<!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://bpbible.com/" rel="nofollow">BPBible</a> is an excellent open-source Bible study application. It can import over 200 Bible's, commentaries, maps, and more from the <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp" rel="nofollow">SWORD Project</a>. Some of it's main features include:</p>
<ul><li>Proximity Based Search</li>
<li>Flexible Layout</li>
<li>Topic Management</li>
<li>Scripture Tooltips</li>
</ul><p>To install in Windows, simply go <a href="http://code.google.com/p/bpbible/downloads/list" rel="nofollow">here</a> and download the latest installer (<a href="http://bpbible.googlecode.com/files/bpbible-0.5.1.1-setup.exe" rel="nofollow">currently .5.1.1</a>).</p>
<p>Since version .5, BPBible hasn't natively worked in Linux. You can find a youtube video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wkSQF6bOy0" rel="nofollow">here</a> that shows how to run BPBible .4.7 natively on Ubuntu 10.10, however, it won't work for recent versions of the application. <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/bpbible-devel/browse_thread/thread/4f10f43e16877a70" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is an explanation as to why .5 won't work. You must run the Windows version with <a href="http://www.winehq.org/" rel="nofollow">WINE</a> on Linux. To install WINE, run the following command:</p>
<p><em>Ubuntu: <strong>sudo apt-get install wine</strong></em></p>
<p><em>openSUSE: <strong>sudo zypper install wine</strong></em></p></div></div></div><!-- google_ad_section_end -->Sat, 05 May 2012 15:56:14 +0000ingram281 at http://itswapshop.comDiatheke - A Command Line Bible Reader - Front-End to the SWORD Projecthttp://itswapshop.com/reviews/diatheke-command-line-bible-reader-front-end-sword-project
<!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Diatheke is a command line application that lets you search and view data from the <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp" rel="nofollow">SWORD Project</a> Library. This includes over 200 texts in over 50 languages, such as Bible texts, Commentaries, Dictionaries, and more. To the average user, Diatheke isn't that useful, as there are other graphical applications that more efficiently utilize the SWORD Project, such as <a href="/reviews/xiphos-bible-study-application-based-open-source-sword-project-linux-and-windows" rel="nofollow">Xiphos</a> and <a href="/reviews/bibletime-cross-platform-open-source-bible-study-application" rel="nofollow">BibleTime</a>. Diatheke may be useful if you are a programmer or if you are scripting.</p>
<p>To install Diatheke and the King James Version of the Bible, run the following commands (unzip is not required to run Diatheke, it is used to unzip the Bible text, and it is likely already installed on your system. If you already have texts from the SWORD Project, you can skip that part):</p>
<p><em>Ubuntu: <strong>sudo apt-get install diatheke unzip</strong></em></p>
<p><em>openSUSE: <strong>sudo zypper install sword unzip</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>wget http://www.crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/packages/rawzip/KJV.zip</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>cd /usr/share/sword/</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>sudo unzip ~/KJV.zip</strong></em></p></div></div></div><!-- google_ad_section_end -->Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:57:49 +0000ingram280 at http://itswapshop.comBibleTime - Cross Platform Open Source Bible Study Application http://itswapshop.com/reviews/bibletime-cross-platform-open-source-bible-study-application
<!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://blog.bibletime.info/" rel="nofollow">BibleTime</a> is an open source cross-platform Bible study application. BibleTime is currently at version 2.9.1 and you can find it in the repositories for most Linux distributions, including Ubuntu and openSUSE. If you are looking for the most current packages available for your OS (including Windows), check <a href="http://blog.bibletime.info/en/download" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Since it is based off the <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp" rel="nofollow">SWORD Project</a>, BibleTime has access to the hundreds of Bibles, commentaries, maps, and more. You can freely download anything in their collection and index it for fast searching. Some of the more notable features of BibleTime are:</p>
<ul><li>Personal Notes</li>
<li>Side-by-Side Version Comparisons</li>
<li>Fast Indexed Search</li>
<li>Access to SWORD Project Library</li>
</ul><p>To install BibleTime in Linux, run the following command:</p>
<p><em>Ubuntu: <strong>sudo apt-get install bibletime</strong></em></p>
<p><em>openSUSE: <strong>sudo zypper install bibletime</strong></em></p>
<p><em>Windows: </em><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bibletime/files/" rel="nofollow">Download Here</a></p>
<p><img alt="bibletime1" height="488" src="/sites/default/files/imagepicker/1/bibletime1.jpg" width="500" /></p>
<p><img alt="bibletime2" height="457" src="/sites/default/files/imagepicker/1/bibletime2.jpg" width="500" /></p></div></div></div><!-- google_ad_section_end -->Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:47:07 +0000ingram276 at http://itswapshop.comXiphos - Bible Study Application Based on the Open Source SWORD Project for Linux and Windowshttp://itswapshop.com/reviews/xiphos-bible-study-application-based-open-source-sword-project-linux-and-windows
<!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>When it comes to open source Bible study software, <a href="http://xiphos.org/" rel="nofollow">Xiphos</a> is one of the most useful and well known programs out there. Xiphos is cross-platform and based on the open source <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp" rel="nofollow">SWORD Project</a>. Formerly known as GnomeSword, Xiphos changed it's name to avoid confusion with Windows users who were not familiar with <a href="http://www.gnome.org/" rel="nofollow">GNOME</a>. Xiphos is currently at version 3.1.5. A slightly older version is in the repositories for most Linux distributions, including Ubuntu and openSUSE. Current binaries are available <a href="http://xiphos.org/download/" rel="nofollow">here</a> for Fedora, Ubuntu, SuSE, FreeBSD, and Windows. Some of the things you can do with Xiphos are:</p>
<ul><li>View your favorite scripture verse</li>
<li>Make sermon or personal notes on selected passages</li>
<li>Automatically follow Bible footnotes and cross-references</li>
<li>Compare translations in parallel</li>
<li>Work in original language study using the available Hebrew and Greek translations</li>
</ul><p>Here are some of the features of Xiphos:</p></div></div></div><!-- google_ad_section_end -->Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:51:52 +0000ingram275 at http://itswapshop.com